Portable lamp.



G. W. STANTON & R. H. FRYE.

- PORTABLE LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1915.

,19 1,744. Patented July 18, 1916.

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GEORGE W. STANTON AND RUFUS H. .FRYE, or ATHENS, TENNESSEE.

PORTABLE LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Pa.tente l July 1 8 191(j Application filed July 20, 1915. Serial No. 40,928.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, GEORGE W. STANTON and RUFUS H. FRYE, citizens of the United States, residing at Athens, in the county of McMinn, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Lamps; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates .to a portable lamp. An object of the invention resides in the provision of a lamp which is of the electric type and may be used as a clock lighter, a desk lamp or a hand lamp. v r

A further object of the invention resides in so constructing the device that there will be no necessity for loosening wires or thumb screws when transferring from oneuse'to the other.

With these and other objects in view, such as will appear as our description progresses, our invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended clainrs'. Y

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevational view of our device; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base; Fig. 4 is a section on line +14 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a fragmental detail of the means for holding the lamp; and Fig. 6 is a fragmental detail of the circuit closing switch used when the device is used as a hand lamp.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters wherein like parts are indicated by' like characters throughout the several views; in the embodiment of our invention shown in the drawing, a base 1 of suitable insulating material is provided. Secured to this base by means of a screw 2, is a metallic standard 3. This screw '2 extends upwardly beyond the horizontal portion of the standard 3 and is provided with apair of nuts 4 and a thumb nut 5 for a purpose I which will later appear.

- said standard and secured together by a' Mounted on the upper end of the standard 3 is a spring clip which consists of a pair of plates 6 disposed to the sides of the riyet '7 and a thumb screw 8 which screw is disposed at one end of the clip. Pivotally mountedbetween the plates 6 at the other end of the clip on a thumb screw 9 is an arm 10 which may be held in any ad justed position by means of the said thumb flector 17 is mounted on this plate and lamp 18 extends through the plate and is located within the reflector. Secured to the extension 14 1s a second plate 19 which contacts with the end of the lamp 18 and is in electrical communication 'with the extension 14: and the standard 3.

Mounted on the base 1 is a screw 20, on the upper end of which is round head. This screwhas a plurality of nuts 21 mounted thereon for a purpose which will later appear. A dry cell 22 is mounted on the base i 1 adjacent the standard 3 and. a rod 23 extends upwardly from the base and thence horizontally and'is connected to the standard. The battery is secured to the standard and to this rod by a wire 24. The horizontal portion of the standard forms a convenient handle by means of which the device may be carried. Secured between thenuts 4. on the screw 2 is a spring switch '25 which is adapted to be swung into engagement with the round head of the screw 20. Extending from the screw 20 and secured between the nuts 21 thereon is a wire 26 which is con nected to one pole of the dry cell 22. A second wire 27 extends from this cell and is connected by means of a thumb screw 28 to the plate 16. Thus when the switch 25 is in contact with the screw 20 a circuit will be completed through the aforementioned wires and switch and through the standard 3.

In order that the circuit may be completed upwardly turned ends are wires34 which have contacts 35 on their ends and leather operating handles 36. These contacts 35 are normally pressed apart by a coil spring 37. The base 1 may be placed upon the base plate 31 so that the contacts on the former will engage the contacts 32 on the latter and thus when the contacts 35 are moved into engagement with each other the circuit through the lamp will be completed. .A pair of blocks 38 are secured to the base plate 31 and are adapted to engage the edges.

of the base 1 so that the latter will be readily positioned upon the base plate 31. It will thus be seen that when the base is placed upon the base plate that the lamp may be controlled from any .portion of a room.

This is particularly useful as the device may be used for illuminating the face of a clock and the contacts 35' placed ad acent a bed for instance so that the clockmay be lighted and the time observed by a person in the bed.

It will be noted that the lamp together with its supporting means .may be lifted bodily from the base plate and used as a hand lamp.

While we have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of our inventionwith a base having an open circuit thereon in which a lamp is included, the said circuit including also a pair of spaced binding posts, a spring switch pivotally mounted on one of said binding posts and adapted to engage the other, a pair of contacts mounted on the under face of said-base, wires extending from said binding posts to said contacts, a base plate having contacts thereon adapted to engage the firstmentioned contact and wires having a switch thereon connected to the contacts on the base plate.

2. In a portable lamp, 'the combination with a base of a standard mounted thereon, atelescopic arm adjustably mounted on the standard, an extension adjustably mounted on the arm, a plate secured to the extension and insulated therefrom, a second plate mounted on the extension, a lamp secured to the first mentioned plate and contacting with the second mentioned plate, the said plates being included in an electrical circuit and manually controlled means for closing said circuit.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures, in the. presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. STANTON.

his FRYE.

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RUFUS H.

Witnesses:

H. S. MOODY G. F. LOGKMILUER. 

